Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27
THE Paris FIRE.
Further Particulars Of the Destruction
by Fire Of the Famous Theatre
Comique, in Paris.
insufficient Exits ths Causg Of f',a Ap-
palling Death RafF-The SEairwsys =
Blocked with Victims.
Sixty Bodies Removed from Tho Ku.us-As
Many as Two Hundred lives -
lleycd to Have Been Lost.
~ Opera Com!aae 81.

PARIS, May % The ire n the O1era
Comique last z ght broke out during Inc
first act Of the opera "Mlguon." One OF
the wings caught fire from 3 gas get. The
entire stage was Immediately enYeLuD.d
in flames. The ire soon spread % the
whole house. All the act0fS ran out ia
their stage costumes. The Gas was turceG
of before ell the audience ~ l1f. the
building, and it is feared rat sl-as were
left IN the upper tiers. TIE roof soon
fell With the exception OF Madame Tell
Ter, who persisted. all the gc-ors escaped,
though several aupar0umeraries were in
iured severely. Five bodies. terribly
burned, We're conveyed to the Nltional
Library. The Military Club rendered
great assistance in the work Of rcrcui1g
people from the building. Nineteen .er-
sons are known to De dead. May of
these are surer5. Tae srlifcial tire sp-
paratus which had been placed in posi-
ton for The burning of the palace III the
second act, rolled down from It's place
near the roof and exploded below the
supers and members Of the chorus Terri
fed, some Ct the latter fed with nothing
on or. tEeir tights. The hlmLs spread
with such rapidity that in fifteen minutes
the stage was q vast furnace. NJ Tas-
quin implOred the audience g. rcmsln
seated until the exits were opened which
they did. Had taey made o rush igr the
doors the loss Of life would have been
terrible. The police outside we're unable
TO restrain the crowd, WAC besi-ged the
DUi ding iuquiring for friends inside uotil
q military Gordon was RI ed. The scene
outside Wds one OF the widest
excitement. The flames gnO5 ont
OF every WindoR IL the building
forcing the crowd into the narrow streets,
where the crush was terrific. Many pc
liCemer were injured. I. is stii. IN
known how many persons were unable to
escape from the buiidi3g. Ire audience
was delayed few minutes OY The dense
smoke ard insufficient light. Director
Soleits, with his wife snd two children,
escaped wishCU. Injury. The killed in
Glude four iiCemen. It is believed the
staircase in thG theatre became block
AIDED. The iron curtain was lowered in
front Of thG stage. This pre-
vented the fire from spreading
Immediately 20 the auditorium and
allowed the audience an opportunity TO
escape. The fire brigade distinguished
themselves. many had narrow escapes.
Most OF the Casual.ie les 50 far reported
were due to the nervCusu .ss Of the vic
tins, chiefly singers snd supets. Seweil,
solicitor OF the British embassy, said the
audience showed great GOODNESS wnen the
alarm was given. When the gag was eX-
tingUished he grcped MS way to the bal
coDy ands sew people in toe street laying
straw mattresses to receive persons
jumping from the windows. He vas III p
timat-i ~ rescued by g firsm3u.
LATER-Twenty bodies in 9 terribly
mUtilated condition have been recovered
from the ruins. TIE remains are princi-
pallY those OF ballet girls, Ch0Tistcrs and
machinists. Five bodies gre those OF Ell
derly ladies, and one OF them is that OF :
child. The fremen ere lowering some
bodies from the fourth story of the
theater by means Of ropes.
AN ESTIMATE.
LONDON, May 20 The HaYas News
Agency of Paris places the number of
persons killed and injured by the fire in
the Opera Com!que last. night at sixty
The theatre was completely destroyed.
BODIES IN HEAPS.
PARIS, May % The bodies Of the
ballet dancers VINO lost their lives By the
burning of the Opera Comique last night
are lying in heaps in the ruins Of the
theatre. The Hremen assert that many
bodies are lying in the upper galleries.
The number OF persons Killed greatly
exceeds previous estimates. Al excited
crowd has surrounded the ruins which.
are guarded by & military Gordon.
WORSE AND MORE OF IT.
PARIS, May 26 The remains OF three
men and two women were found in q
stage bCx where the victims had taken
refuge from the flames. 1t has been
that many bodies lie buried
n the upper galleries, where escape was
difficult. The government pro-
poses to close several theatres because Of
heir deficiency In exits. This afternoon
he bodies CT eighteen, all in full dress.
we're foun1 lying together at the bottom
If the staircase leading from the second
story. The bodies all had escorts to the
heatTe, but no remains of men we're
Continued on Fourth Pane.